ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,894, issued on July 29.
"Hanger assembly for use on open web steel joists or beams" was invented by Michael Allen Rasmussen (Smyrna, Del.) and Geoff Aaron Grantland (Townsend, Del.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A construction hanger having two nested clamping frames that slide relative to each other in a disengaged condition to selectively define a throat distance between two stop edges provided by the two nested clamping frames, respectively. An engageable fastener enables a user to set and secure a desired throat distance by way of an engageable fastener that directly connects the two nested clamping frames in an engaged condition...